What I'm concerned about is that if AMD can't compete with Intel, Intel can jack up their prices to whatever they damn please. A competition is needed to keep the prices low and pushes the envolope further.

Watching the lunch of BD, Intel can just sit back, relax, have a little smoke, increase the price of it's products and put a leash on it's R&D department, because, let's face it, without a healthy competition, they can just re-sell the old crap without innovating anything. It would be the same situation if they were to swap places. Just my 0.02 quid.

What I'm concerned about is that if AMD can't compete with Intel, Intel can jack up their prices to whatever they damn please. A competition is needed to keep the prices low and pushes the envolope further.

Watching the lunch of BD, Intel can just sit back, relax, have a little smoke, increase the price of it's products and put a leash on it's R&D department, because, let's face it, without a healthy competition, they can just re-sell the old crap without innovating anything. It would be the same situation if they were to swap places. Just my 0.02 quid.